Beyond Local

Canada’s western leaders say they plan to push Prime Minister Justin Trudeau this week on a detailed plan and timeline to reopen international borders.

The federal Conservatives are demanding Prime Minister Justin Trudeau fire Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan.

A new study has concluded new coal mines in Alberta's Rocky Mountain foothills would create more environmental problems than economic benefits.

Researchers say they've discovered castoreum, a secretion beavers use to mark their territory, in a 6,000-year-old throwing dart in the Yukon.

Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin is asking for a judicial review of the decision to remove him as head of Canada's vaccine logistics.

The Court of Appeal of Alberta has rejected a request that a third trial be stayed for a couple accused in their son's death.

The province has launched their vaccine incentive program, a $1-million lottery draw.

The game came as Vance is under military police investigation on allegations of sexual misconduct, and despite the vice-chief of the defence staff having the power to issue orders to the Canadian Armed Forces’ top police officer.

The Prime Minister's Office later provided a breakdown showing more than seven million of the doses being donated are from pharmaceutical firm Novavax, whose vaccine remains in clinical trials and has yet to be approved for use in Canada. 

“It’s very difficult to count all of the people who have died as a direct result of working in Canada,” said Syed Hussan, executive director of the Migrant Workers Alliance for Change, but he believes the numbers are “quite astonishing.”